Of or pertaining to mitosis; karyokinetic; as, mitotic cell division; -- opposed to amitotic.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Actively undergoing cell division.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Pertaining to mitosis, a method of indirect division of cells by means of which two daughter nuclei receive identical complements of the number of chromosomes characteristic of the somatic cells of the species.